4.7. perl

Perl is an interpreter based programming language. The
homepage of the perl project is:
http://www.perl.com. Perl is used to convert
various text files into usable source code. Perl version 5.6
and above should be working fine.

4.7.1. UNIX or Win32 Cygwin: perl

Perl is available for most of the UNIX-like platforms
and as the perl package from the
Cygwin setup.

If perl isn't already installed or available
as a package for your platform, you can get it at:
http://www.perl.com/.

After correct installation, typing at the
bash command line prompt:

$perl --version

should result in something like:

This is perl, v5.8.7 built for cygwin-thread-multi-64int
(with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)
Copyright 1987-2005, Larry Wall
Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.
Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access to the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Page.